The Iowa Hawkeyes are headed to a New Year’s Day bowl game and most Iowa fans have been focused on some combination of that date with Mississippi State, the upcoming national signing day and the somewhat surprising success of Fran McCaffery’s Iowa hoops squad. But for those of us who are not just Iowa football fans, but college football fans, this is a glorious time of year.
Bowl season is officially upon us beginning this weekend. That means day after day of some combination of college hoops and football for us to enjoy. Now granted, not all the bowl games are great (how can they be when there are 40 of them?